New details released in Fort Hood shooting

April 3, 2014: Investigators are releasing more information about the man who opened fired on the Fort Hood military base killing three and wounding 16 before turning the gun on himself. Robert Arnold reports.

HEAVY IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. BUCKLE UP AND I'LL SEE YOU SOON. BACK TO YOU. JENNIFER, THANKS. NOW THE LATEST IN THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING, THIS MORNING, THE MAN POLICE SAY WENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE IS DEAD AFTER TAKING HIS OWN LIFE. THE GUNMAN KILLED THREE PEOPLE AND INJURED 16 OTHERS. SOME CRITICALLY. "LOCAL 2's" ROBERT ARNOLD LIVE IN FORT HOOD WITH THE NEWEST INFORMATION WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN OVERNIGHT. ROBERT, GOOD MORNING. Reporter: GOOD MORNING, ANDY. INVESTIGATORS ARE GOING OVER THE FINE DETAILS OF ARMY SPECIALIST IVAN LOPEZ'S LIFE LOOKING FOR WHAT MAY HAVE PROMPTED THIS SHOOTING. WE KNOW FROM NEIGHBORS OF THE FAMILY THAT LOPEZ'S WIFE IS BEING QUESTIONED, AND SHE WAS DEVASTATED WHEN MILITARY OFFICIALS NAMED HER HUSBAND AS THE SHOOTER. ARMY OFFICIALS SAY LOPEZ FIRST OPENED FIRE AT ONE BUILDING ON POST, GOT IN HIS CAR, KEPT FIRING FROM HIS CAR, THEN DROVE TO A SECOND BUILDING AND OPENED FIRE AGAIN. WE DO NOT KNOW A MOTIVE, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS SOLDIER HAD BEHAVIOR HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND WAS BEING TREAT FOR THAT. Reporter: SO FAR INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT PINPOINTED WHAT CAUSED LOPEZ TO OPEN FIRE WITH A .45-CALIBER PISTOL. ARMY OFFICIALS DON'T KNOW IF LOPEZ WAS TARGETING A SPECIFIC SOLDIER, BUT DO SAY THE SHOOTINGS HAPPENED AT TRANSPORTATION BATTALION BUILDINGS. DURING THE 10 TO 20 MINUTES OF GUNFIRE, THREE SOLDIERS WERE KILLED. LOPEZ TOOK HIS OWN LIFE AND 16 MORE SOLDIERS WERE WOUNDED. THREE OF THOSE WOUNDED ARE STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION THIS MORNING. WE ALL FEEL INDEBTED TO THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PUT THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY SERVING OUR COUNTRY, AND IT IS HEARTBREAKING TO BE SO CLOSE TO SUCH A TRAGIC EVENT AS THIS. Reporter: MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY LOPEZ, A MARRIED FATHER, LIVED AT AN APARTMENT OFF ARMY POST. HE SERVED FOUR MONTHS IN IRAQ BUT WAS NOT WOUNDED. NEIGHBORS OF THE FAMILY SAY THEY SAW NO SIGNS OF TROUBLE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO YOU LIVE NEXTDOOR TO. Reporter: MILITARY OFFICIALS SAY THE GUN LOPEZ USED WAS BOUGHT IN KILLEEN ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE POST, AS IS REQUIRED. MILITARY OFFICIALS ALSO SAY LOPEZ WAS BEING TREATED FOR ANXIETY, DEPRESSION AND WAS BEING EVALUATED TO DETERMINE IF HE WAS SUFFERING FROM POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. MILITARY OFFICIALS HERE SAY BECAUSE OF THE SHOOTING, THEY HAVE CANCELED ALL PHYSICAL TRAINING DRILLS FOR THE DAY AT FORT HOOD AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT IN EXTRA COUNSELORS TO HELP THE SOLDIERS WHO ARE NOW DEALING WITH A SECOND MASS SHOOTING IN FIVE YEARS. WE ARE LIVE AT FORT HOOD, ROBERT ARNOLD, KPRC LOCAL 2. ALSO THIS MORNING, WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE EVERY ANGLE COVERED. WE ARE TALKING MILITARY SECURITY WITH OUR TRACIE POTTS IN WASHINGTON IN JUST ABOUT 10 MINUTES, AND OUR MARK BOYLE IS TAKING A CLOSER LOOK AT P.T.S.D. AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AT 6:30.

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